Oakdene, Flat 5, 27 St Marys Road, Long Ditton, Surbiton, KT6 5EU

Oakdene is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Long Ditton, Surbiton, Surbiton (KT6 5EU). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. Tenure is freehold. At 68 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 5 units on EPC record in Oakdene, where floor areas span 62–116 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (64 versus a best of 71). Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (August 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).

At 68 m² it sits well below the postcode median (254 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2020–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£799/sq ft) was about 191.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: July 2022 at £585,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.